Easiest ever Christmas biscuits

How to make iced Christmas biscuits:

• Into a food processor, put 140g icing sugar, 250g cold butter cut into cubes, 1 tsp vanilla extract and 1 egg yolk then blitz until smooth. Add in 375g plain flour.
• Pulse until the biscuit dough comes together, shape into two discs, cover in clingfilm and chill for 30 mins. The biscuit dough can be made a day in advance.
• Roll the dough to the thickness of a £1 coin, then cut out into Christmas shapes using festive cutters. Skewer the top of each biscuit so that a piece of ribbon can be threaded through.
• Bake at 190C/170C fan/gas 5 for 10-12 mins.
• Cool on a wire rack. For the icing, add a few drops of water to icing sugar to form a thick spreadable icing. Cover each of the biscuits then decorate with edible glitter or silver balls. Thread onto ribbon for the ultimate edible Christmas tree decoration.

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